Stove.



S. V. REEVES.

STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1912.

1,063,732. Patented June 3, 1913.

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STOVE.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL V. Rnnvns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Haddonfield, county of Camden, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Stove, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention relates to a novel construction of a stove whereinprovision is made for reducing to a minimum the clogging of the rearpart of the grate and provide a better circulation of the air beneaththe grate.

My invention in its board and generic scope consists of a novel stovewherein provision is made for the free circulation of air along the rearfire line, a novel construction of grate and grate support beingprovided, and also a novel arrangement of dust pipe.

It further consists of a novel construction of a base or ash pit and anovel construction of the cylinder forming the lower fire chamber,wherein the cylinder is cylindrical but at the lower portion below thefire line, is made oblong or outwardly deflected at its rear portion inorder to cooperate with the oblong or pouched section of the case uponwhich it rests, the lower portion of the cylinder being adapted to beused on either a circular base or on an oblong pouched base, such as isherein shown.

It further consists of a novel construction of a base, the rear portionof which is oblong and preferably removable, such oblong portion forminga chamber in rear of the grate to collect the ashes, such sections alsobeing provided with means adapted to interlock with the grate rest whilethe forward portion of the base portion is provided with meanscooperating with the grate to guide the same in its movement.

It further consists of a novel construction of a reversible rest orsupport whereby, in

case the same becomes warped or distorted,-

it may be readily reversed, such rest being adapted to carry the movablegrate and being provided with means for interlocking with the base ofthe stove at points exterior of the fire zone, thereby greatlyincreasing the durability and life of the rest or support andincidentally the grate and tire cylinder.

It further consists of a novel construction of a grate, the top andbottom of which are constructed in a similar manner whereby, in case oneside of the grate becomes dis- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Serial No. 680,371.

torted due to the heat then such grate may be readily reversed.

It further consists of a novel construction of a grate provided with ajournal removably connected therewith and adaptedto be rotatably mountedon the reversible rest or support for the grate.

It further consists of a novel manner of interlocking a reversible drawor shaking bar with the grate and also a novel construction of draw orshaking bar wherein provision is made for preventing the ashes orcinders being carried along the top of the draw or shaking bar, andescaping into the room or place in which the stove is installed.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings those embodiments thereof which are at presentpreferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood thatthe various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can bevariously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited tothe precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a transverse section on line aaos of Fig. 5, of astove embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of a portionof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the reversibleshaking bar in detached position. Fig. 4 represents a perspective viewof the restin detached position. Fig. 5 represents a sectional elevationon line 1 g Fig. 1. Fig. 6 represents a sectional elevation on line .2-aFig. 1. Fig. 7 represents a plan view of a portion of the grate showingmore clearly certain details of construction. Fig. 8 representsa bottomplan view of the fire pot or cylinder. Fig. 9 represents a sectionalview of the grate in detached position. Fig. 1.0 represents a sectionalplan view of another embodiment of my invention, wherein the fire pot orcylinder is provided with an opening which may be closed in practice inany desired manner. Fig. 11 represents a sectional elevation of acomplete stove embodying my invent-ion.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates the base of the stove which maybe supported in any desired manner, and which forms the ash pit 2 in theusual manner. The upper flange 3 of the base port-ion 1 is cylindrical,except at its rear portion, at which place it is outwardly deflected toprovide an oblong o pouched portion 4, as will be clearly understood byreference to Fig. 1, and such oblong portion is provided on its innerface with a reinforcing rib 5, the upper end of which forms a supportfor the rest bar 6, and is provided with an upwardly extending lug 7.

Thefront portion of the base 1 is provided on its inner face with arecess 8 from which extend the guides or tracks 9. The forward end ofthe rest bar 6 may have any desired contour but, in the presentinstance, I have shown the same as having a rectangular shape asindicated at 10, thereby adapting the same to be seated in the recess 8,while the opposite end of the rest bar 6 is slotted, as is indicated at11, thereby adapting the same to interlock with the lug 7 and rest uponthe reinforcing rib 5, as will be clearly understood by reference toFig. 5.

The rest bar 6 is preferably provided with a boss or enlargement 12which is apertured as is indicated at 13. 14 designates curved ribsextending from the rest bar 6 and preferably integral therewith andforming tracks and, in the present instance, the same are shown as ofthe same diameter as the restbar, it being understood that the rest bar6 is constructed in such a manner that the top and bottom faces thereofare alike in order that the same may be readily reversed when desired,as will be more clearly set forth in the description of the operation.

15 designates my novel grate the contour of which may vary as desiredbut which, in the present instance, is shown as substantiallycylindrical and having the central bars thereof removed. The inner gratemembers 16 have one side thereof recessed, as indicated at 17, therebyadapting the same to interlock with the journal member 18, which latteris provided with a depending boss or stud shaft 19, which is adapted toextend into the aperture 13 of the rest bar 6 and be jonrnaled therein.The journal member 18 has its side walls 20 faced off in order to adaptthe same to engagewith upper and lower faces, as is indicated at 25,which preferably form an integral part of the grate structure. The frontend of the grate is provided with the outwardly extending grate members'26 which are connected with a curved bar or bearing 27 provided with anoutward extension 28, which latter is recessed from front to rear on its21), and slotted, as indicated at 30.

It will be understood from the above dccription that the top and bottomfaces of the grate bar are constructed in a similar manner so that thesame may be reversed when desired.

The purpose of the aperture 30 is to interlock with the draw or shakerbar 31 which is preferably constructed of an integral piece of materialand provided with a shoulder 32 on its upper and lower face, in orderthat such shoulder may be interlocked with the aperture 30, it beingseen that the opposite end of the draw or shaker bar 31 is slotted, asis indicated at 33, thereby adapting the same to interlock with a lug24- carried by the grate The forward end of the draw or shaker bar 31 isprovided with an enlarged head 3-1; forming a shoulder 35 and thisenlarged head St is preferabl i apertured, as is indicated at 36,thereby adapting the same to be connected with any desired mechanism foractuating the draw or shaker bar 31.

37 is an aperture through the draw or shaker bar near its forward cud inorder that any ashes or cinders which tend to travel along the uppersurface of the draw or shaker bar will pass through the ash pit insteadof passing exterior of the furnace.

It will be seen that the central portion of the journal member 18 issuitably recessed or cut away in order that the draw or shaker bar 31may pass thereover and be supported thereon.

3S designates the tire cylinder which is adapted to be seated on thebase 1 and the lower portion of the tire cylinder is provided with aflange 39 having a groove L0 in its under face thereby adapting the sameto be employed without change in conjunction with the usual constructionof a base. attention being directed to the fact that the rear portion ofthe flange 3.), is outwardly deflected, as is indicated at 41, therebyforn'iing an oblong or pouched portion which is pro vided with a groove4-2, thereby adapting the same to be seated on the outwardly dc fiectedportion 4- of the flange 3 of the base 1. The wall of the flange 33) iscut away at its front portion, as is indicated at 4-3, in order toprovide a compact construction, it being understood from Fig. 5 that theflange 3 is cut away, as is indicated at ett, in order to permit thetravel of the end of the draw or shaker bar 31 and the extension 28 ofthe grate.

In some cases arising in practice it is advantageous to have an aperture45 through the flange 41, as seen in Fig. 10, in order that a dust pipe46 may be connected therewith, as indicated in Fig. 11, said pipecommunicating with a pipe 47 which communicates with the upper cylinder48 in order that the products of combustion may escape therefrom. Thebase 1 may be mounted on any desired type of a support and, in thepresent instance, I have shown the same as mounted on a base plate 49which is depressed to form an ash receiving chamber 50 and provided witha door 51 of any desired type, whereby the admission of air beneath thegrates may be controlled as desired, it being understood that inpractice the base plate 49 is carried by legs 52.

In the operation of the grate it will be seen that when the draw orshaker bar 31 is moved, in either direction, the bearing members 27 ofthe grate will travel on the guides or tracks 9 of the base portion 1while the bearing members 22 of the grate will travel on the flanges ortracks 14 of the rest 6 and owing to the chamber formed in rear of theash pit beneath the grate it will be seen that the likelihood of ashesor clinkers collecting near the rear portion of the grate, such asoccurs in devices of this character, as heretofore constructed, ispractically eliminated since such ashes will pass from the grate throughsuch chamber into the ash pit.

In so far as I am aware, I am the first in the art to devise a stovewherein the base portion and the cylinder are provided with an outwardlyextending portion thereby forming a chamber in rear of the grate toprovide a space outside of the fire Zone of the fire, in order to retainthe usual wall or pocket of ashes that remains when taking ashes fromthe ash pit by the common and usual manner of a shovel and a freecirculation of the air along the rear fire line is provided withconsequent increase in the life of the grate and its support and therear portion of the fire pot, and it is to be understood that my claimsto such features are to be interpreted with corresponding scope. A

Special attention is directed to the novel location of the dust collarwhich is at the top of the base ring of the fire pot which is thehighest point possible to place a dust pipe in a stove of the typeillustrated thus rendering it impossible for the dust pipe to becomeclogged at any time, attention also being directed to the fact that thecylinder forming the fire pot is constructed in such a manner that itmay be employed either on stoves of the usual type or base or in con-.

junction with my novel construction of base as herein described. Specialattention is also directed to the novel manner of construction andarrangement of the grate and the other adjuncts coacting therewith, itbeing noted that the reversible rest bar is constructed in a similarmanner on its top and bottom faces so that the same may be readilyreversed when desired, the ends of such rest bar being constructed insuch a manner that they will interlock with the cooperating portions ofthe base 1. If it is desired to reverse the grate mechanism it will beapparent that it is simply necessary to slightly raise the outer end ofthe draw or shaker bar 31 so that the shoulder will be released from theaperture 30 whereupon such draw or shaker bar may be readily withdrawn.The grate 15 may then be removed from the journal member 18 andreversed, whereupon the grate members 16 will interlock with the journalmembers 18 sothat the bottom face of the grate will now be come the topface and will present a new grate surface for the bed of fuel. The restbar 6 is also given the same conformation on its top and bottom faces inorder that i may be readily reversed when desired.

It will be apparent that in the broad scope of my invention the contourof the base and of the cylinder is immaterial as long as the base andsaid cylinder are extended to provide a chamber in rear of the grate andthus provide a free circulation of air to such point at all times. Itwill also be apparent that the dust aperture 45 may be closed in anydesired manner and in some cases arising in practice it is unnecessaryto employ the same and this may be dispensed with if desired.

It will be apparent that by employing the chamber in rear of the grate,as herein disclosed, the support or journal for the grate rest islocated in such a position that it is not liable to become affected bythe heat of the fire.

In rest supports and grates as heretofore constructed there has beenundue wear on the upper portion of the base and the lower portion of thecylinder owing to the rocking or tilting movement permitted and, in mypresent invention, owing to the employment of the tracks 14 carried bythe rest bar 6 and the guides 9 carried by the base 1, it will be seenthat as the grate is rocked back and forth it will travel in asubstantially horizontal plane and no binding of the parts is permitted.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and usefulconstruction of a stove which embodies the features of advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the abovedescription, and while I have, in the present instance, shown anddescribed a preferred embodiment thereof which has been found inpractice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to beunderstood that the same is susceptible of modification in variousparticulars Without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventionor sacrificing any o'fits advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-- ters Patent, is

1. The combination with a stove base, of a rest bar carried thereby andprovided on opposite sides with lateral flanges, a journal rotatablycarried by said rest bar, a grate adapted to interlock with said journaland provided with bearing lugs adapted to travel on the flanges of therest bar, said grate having a portion thereof extending exterior of thebase, and a draw bar having means for interlocking with said grate.

2. The combination with a stove base, of a grate rotatably mountedthereon, and a draw bar adapted to extend across said grate andinterlock therewith, and having an aperture near its forward end toprevent ashes traveling along said grate exterior of the stove.

3. In a stove, a base provided with a rib forming a support, a rest barhaving one end interlocking with said support, and the other end withthe opposite side of said base, said rest bar having guides extendingfrom opposite sides thereof, a journal rotatably mounted on said restbar and having spaced grooves therein, and a grate having membersadapted to mterlock with said grooves.

4. In a stove, a base, a rest bar carried thereby, a journal carried bysaid base and provided with grooves on opposite sides thereof, a gratehaving members interlocking with said grooves to prevent distortion ofsaid members, said rest bar having a lat eral extension on each sidethereof cooperating with the grate to cause the latter to travel in asubstantially horizontal plane, and actuating means for said grate.

5. In a stove, a base, a rest bar carried thereby having curved tracks,said base being provided with flanges at its front portion, a gratehaving on both its top and bottom, at its front and rear portions,bearing lugs, said bearing lugs adapted to cooperate with. the flangesof said base and said tracks respectively, and a draw bar adapted topass between said grate bearing lugs and interlock with said grate.

6. A grate comprising parallel grate members on opposite sides of itslongitudinal diameter, provided with bearing lugs near the front andrear portions of the outer periphery on each side of the grate bodyportion, and spaced apart, a lug located between the bearing lugs at therear portion, a draw bar adapted to cooperate with said lug, and a plateconnecting the bearing lugs at the forward portion and provided withmeans for interlocking with the grate actuating mechanism.

7. A grate comprising a grate body having curved bearing lugs onopposite sides thereof, and a lug on each side of the body intermediatesaid curved bearing lugs, in combination with a draw bar cooperatingwith said lug.

8. The combination with a grate, of a draw bar having an aperturetherethrough near its outer end to prevent ashes traveling along saiddraw bar, said draw bar being removably carried by said grate.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a rest bar comprising a rectangularbar having an open slot at one end and provided intermediate its endswith an aperture and having in proximity to said aperture curved bearingguides extending laterally from opposite sides thereof and substantiallyflush with the upper and lower faces thereof, the upper face of saidrest bar having the same contour as the lower face thereof.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a draw bar having a slot at oneend, and an aperture therethreugh near the opposite end, and providedwith a groove on opposite sides thereof, thereby forming mltwardlyextending shoulders on opposite sides of the draw bar.

11. A. grate having its upper and lower faces of the same conformation,each of such faces being provided with curved bearing lugs spaced apart,and a lug therebetween, and having at its opposite end a curved trackforming flange, and an apertured extension connected with said flange,in combination with a draw bar adapted to cooperate with said lug.

12. As a new article of manufacture, a grate having its upper and lowerfaces of the same conformation, each of such faces being provided withcurved bearing lugs spaced apart, and a lug thercbetwcen, and having atits opposite end a curved bearing flange, an apertured extensionconnected with said flange, in combination with a d 'aw bar having meansat one end to interlock with the lug between said curved bearingflanges, and having near its other end means to interlock with theaperture of said apertured extension.

13. The combination with a rest bar suitably mounted, of a journalmember rotatably mounted on said rest bar and provided on its upper facewith spaced grooves, of a grate having spaced central members adapted tointerlock with said grooves, and a draw bar removably secured betweenthe spaced central members of said grate.

14. The combination of a base having a rib forming a support on oneside' thereof. and provided on the opposite side thereof with a curvedbearing having a. recess there in, of a rest bar having its upper andlower faces of the same conformation and provided at one end with a slotadapted to interlock with said support and having its other end adaptedto interlock with said recess, said rest bar being provided withlaterally eXtending flanges on opposite sides thereof, a gate having itsupper and lower faces of the same conformation and rotatably mounted onsaid rest bar and having curved bearings engaging the hearings of saidrest bar and provided with a curved flange engaging the flange of saidbase, and a draw bar passing centrally through said grate andinterlocking therewith.

15. A grate having its upper and lower faces of the same conformation,each of such faces having curved bearings near its outer peripheryspaced from each other, and a lug intermediate said bearings and havingnear its opposite side a curved bearing having a recessed extensionextending outwardly therefrom, in combination with a draw bar having oneend seated in said recessed extension and its other end interlockingwith the lug between said spaced bearings.

SAMUEL V. REEVES.

Witnesses E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS,

, C. D. MoVAY.

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